3 ms·
How do they pay the cost of shut down, if they "can't pay" the cost of operation? Just curious. Math, and all that.
by 001sky 13y ago
How do they pay the cost of shut down, if they "can't pay" the cost of operation? Just curious. Math, and all that.
- bradleyjg 13y agoThe 1981 AG memo, which unfortunately seems not to be online anywhere (if you have access to Westlaw or LexisNexis the cite is 43 Op. Att’y Gen. 293) interprets the law as implicitly allowing shutdown costs after the budget authority is exhausted.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> The 1981 AG memo, which unfortunately seems not to be online anywhere (if you have access to Westlaw or LexisNexis the cite is 43 Op. Att’y Gen. 293) Well, I found it in the first page of Google results for the citation you provide: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/10/f3/Shutdown.OLC_.1981.general.pdf http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/10/f3/Shutdown.OLC_....
- bradleyjg 13y agoThanks for finding that, not sure how I missed it. The language regarding orderly shutdown can be found in FN 12 on page 9.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> How do they pay the cost of shut down, if they "can't pay" the cost of operation? Just curious. Math, and all that. Math is not an issue. The legal issue isn't the quantity of funds that can be spent in the absence of appropriations, but the purpose for which funds can be spent in the absence of appropriations.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]